Negative Commandment #164 of 613
Do not prevent a third-generation Egyptian convert from marrying into the Covenant people
Commandment #164 — a prohibition from Deuteronomy 23:7, classified under War and Battles in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"You shall not detest an Edomite, for he is your brother; you shall not detest an Egyptian, because you were an alien in his land.”
— Deuteronomy 23:7
Hebrew
לֹא־תְתַעֵב אֲדֹמִי כִּי אָחִיךָ הוּא ס לֹא־תְתַעֵב מִצְרִי כִּי־גֵר הָיִיתָ בְאַרְצוֹ׃
Greek (Septuagint)
23:8 οὐ βδελύξῃ ιδουμαῖον ὅτι ἀδελφός σού ἐστιν οὐ βδελύξῃ αἰγύπτιον ὅτι πάροικος ἐγένου ἐν τῇ γῇ αὐτοῦ
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- War and Battles
- Book
- deuteronomy
- Chapter
- 23
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Ki Tetze
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #564
- Mishneh Torah
- HolinessForbidden Sexual Relations
Related Commandments in “War and Battles”
#165: Do not refrain from marrying a third generation Edomite convert
Deuteronomy 23:7
#596: Destroy the seven Canaanite nations
Deuteronomy 20:17
#597: Do not let any of the seven Canaanite nations remain alive
Deuteronomy 20:16
#598: Wipe out the descendants of Amalek
Deuteronomy 25:19
#599: Remember what Amalek did to the Israelites
Deuteronomy 25:17
#600: Do not forget Amalek's atrocities and ambush on our journey from Egypt in the desert
Deuteronomy 25:19
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